US Open 2009

[sonic21]

so who's winning this?

I would have said Murray two weeks ago but Federer's game against Djokovic in Cincinnati was really impressive. He hasn't played this well since last year (during the us open). Nadal doesn't seem to be at 100% but we never know with him. And Djokovic is playing great this year (he did fail badly during the last 2 gran slams though).

Let's not forget about Roddick, Del Potro and Tsonga (homer pick :D)

[DAF86]

I hope Federer wins it, and I think he will beat Del Potro in the final. IMO Delpo will def. Murray in the quarters.

Quarters-

Federer def. Soderling
Roddick def. Djokovic
Nadal def. Gonzalez
Del Potro def. Murray

Semis-

Federer def. Roddick
Del Potro def. Nadal

Final-

Federer def. Del Potro

[Pistons < Spurs]

Womens:

-Quaters-

Jankovic-Safina
Wozniacki-Petrova
Na Li-Venus
Zvonareva-Serena

-Semis-

Safina-Wozniacki
Venus-Serena

-Finals-

Safina def. Venus



Mens:


-Quaters-

Federer-Davydenko
Djokovic-Roddick
Tsonga-Monfils
Del Potro-Murray

-Semis-

Federer-Roddick
Monfils-Del Potro

-Finals-

Roddick def. Monfils

[dbreiden83080]

Federer will reign again 6 years in a row..

Slamming home being the best player ever..

[MB20]

Federer or Murray.

[Pistons < Spurs]

CRAP! There goes my girl Ivanovich

[Pistons < Spurs]

I really like Gulbis's game.

[sonic21]

noooooo ivanovic lost. Now i'm only rooting for clisters.

[Brazil]

noooooo ivanovic lost. Now i'm only rooting for clisters.

:hang

[lefty]

Wozniak knocked Mauresmo out

LMAO

[sonic21]

Wozniak knocked Mauresmo out

LMAO

lefty with his french hate again. :wakeup

i'm curious, where are you from?

[DAF86]

lefty with his french hate again. :wakeup

i'm curious, where are you from?

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121803

[sonic21]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121803

algerian? Someone needs to tell him the war was a long time ago.

[lefty]

lefty with his french hate again. :wakeup

i'm curious, where are you from?

No, I'm not anti-french; I live in Montreal and thought it was funny that Wozniak beat Amelie, because she usually sucks :lol


algerian? Someone needs to tell him the war was a long time ago.

It's no wonder people don't respect you around here

[sonic21]

No, I'm not anti-french; I live in Montreal and thought it was funny that Wozniak beat Amelie, because she usually sucks :lol



It's no wonder people don't respect you around here

Judging by your other posts in other threads, i have the feeling you are anti-french. If i'm wrong, then i apologize.

[lefty]

Judging by your other posts in other threads, i have the feeling you are anti-french. If i'm wrong, then i apologize.

No need to apologize; my posts can be misleading. :toast

I lived in France for 5 years before moving to Montreal; I didn't like living in FR, but some of my very best friends are 100% Frenchies.
Actually, one of them is currently here to visit.

[Brazil]

Lefty is not anti french he is just anti TP

[Brazil]

Talking about Frenchies, it's quite good for them: monfils, simon, tsonga, benneteau...

[sonic21]

Ufortunately, they're all in the same part of the draw.

[Brazil]

Ufortunately, they're all in the same part of the draw.

yeah nobody is expecting to see them all 4 in semi finals either

[sonic21]

yeah nobody is expecting to see them all 4 in semi finals either

i was more thinking about monfils and tsonga who could met in the QF (if monfils manage to beat nadal though)

[quentin_compson]

Roddick lost against Isner. Bit disappointing I think, after Roddick seemed to be in such great shape most of this season.

Federer survived a subpar outing against Hewitt. He will definitely have to play better in order to get Nr. 6 here.

[DAF86]

Roddick lost and Federer and Djokovic had really tight matches. It would have been crazy if the three would have gone toghether in the third round.

[sonic21]

sharapova and safina out

[DAF86]

sharapova and safina out

Why don't you have your name in black? You've been here long enough.

[sonic21]

Why don't you have your name in black? You've been here long enough.

Kori made a thread a few days ago for posters wanting to have the color of their username changed. So maybe in a few days...

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132558

I'm only posting here since december though, i don't know if it's long enough.

[IronMexican]

Kori made a thread a few days ago for posters wanting to have the color of their username changed. So maybe in a few days...

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132558

I'm only posting here since december though, i don't know if it's long enough.

You have to be liked by the most unliked poster, lefty, to get your name black.

[Brazil]

^ ?

[DAF86]

^ ?

Yeah, I didn't get it either.

[dbreiden83080]

Fed looked great today..

[Pistons < Spurs]

Wozniaki!!!!!!

That was a great match.

[DAF86]

Quarters-

Federer def. Soderling
Roddick def. Djokovic
Nadal def. Gonzalez
Del Potro def. Murray


Three of four so far, Fucking Isner fucked my bracket :bang

And I think Nadal will lose tomorrow (if he doesn't retire first) that ab injury looks serious, he started serving like my grandma against Almagro after he called the trainer to check his ab.

[sonic21]

Monfils vs Nadal

2nd game of the night session (~3 am in France :()

I think i'll watch it though.

[quentin_compson]

Fed looked great today..

Yeah, pretty easy victory over Robredo. I think Federer will cruise to the final, although Djokovic (if playing his best tennis) could be difficult.

[DAF86]

I bet Murray is crying right now.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Go Monfils Go!!!

[dbreiden83080]

Monfils, Nadal is shaping up to be a barn-burner..

[Pistons < Spurs]

There's been some amazing points tonight!

[ace3g]

wow someone just jumped out of the crowd and hugged Nadal, Nadal actually surprised by it went to try and hug the guy back even after the security took him away

[DAF86]

Quarters-

Federer def. Soderling
Roddick def. Djokovic
Nadal def. Gonzalez
Del Potro def. Murray

6 of 8, only the two Andies failed me, I knew I shouldn't count on guys with unisex names.

[DAF86]

Oudin is tearing shit up.

Federer is obviously going to win for the men. He wins everything.

I think Oudin will lose today against Wozniacki.

And I don't know why but suddenly I have the feeling that Federer might not win this tournament.

[rjv]

nice to see nadal shaping back into form.

[dbreiden83080]

wow someone just jumped out of the crowd and hugged Nadal, Nadal actually surprised by it went to try and hug the guy back even after the security took him away

Security in Tennis is a joke. Federer had to deal with that nut-job that came down from the stands at the French Open and now this guy that approached Nadal. Of course we all remember, years ago Seles getting stabbed by that psycho Steffi Graf fan, beef up security already..

[dbreiden83080]

Good Match with Fed/Soderling, really picked up after the first 2 one sided sets. Fed/Djokivic will be good, should be Fed/Nadal in the final..

[quentin_compson]

The first two sets of Nadal - Monfils were great, but unfortunately, the Frenchman ran out of gas after that.

Federer - Djokovic could be interesting, but I somehow doubt that Djokovic will really be able to put Roger under pressure.

The other SF will probably be Nadal - del Potro.

[DAF86]

Nadal seems to have some kind of mental hold on Federer. He just doesn't play the same brand of tennis against him.

I think is more of a matchup problem than a mental thing.

Nadal beign lefty and having that sick top-spin forehand is IMO what most bothers Fed, 'cause the shot that is most difficult for the Swiss to hit is the high backhand. And the shot that comes more naturaly for Nadal to use is that crosscourt top-spin forehand to the righties' backhand.

[quentin_compson]

Good game by del Potro after a slow start. He should be able to really challenge Nadal in the SF.

[DAF86]

Tennis should always be played indoors. No rain delays and no heat and/or wind to affect a player's stamina and/or performance. Usually the quality of play is better when this sport its played under a roof.

[dbreiden83080]

Tennis should always be played indoors. No rain delays and no heat and/or wind to affect a player's stamina and/or performance. Usually the quality of play is better when this sport its played under a roof.

As someone who played Tennis in high school and College, yeah i loved playing indoors, the quality of play is better, that said Tennis gets enough shit by morons that don't think it's a legit sport. Take the weather elements out of, it would only make that worse..

[DAF86]

As someone who played Tennis in high school and College, yeah i loved playing indoors, the quality of play is better, that said Tennis gets enough shit by morons that don't think it's a legit sport. Take the weather elements out of, it would only make that worse..

Who are those morons that say that tennis isn't a legit sport? I bet they haven't seen these.

-R4Ynwno3C8

51qZe8WsVOo

[dbreiden83080]

Who are those morons that say that tennis isn't a legit sport

Mainly the 300 pd fat asses, that watch Football every sunday.. :lol

I've played Tennis and have watched it faithfully for years. But it is a terribly under-appreciated sport. Golf gets more pub than Tennis, hell Tiger Woods farts and ESPN shows up..

[sonic21]

they should build a roof like in wimbledon and melbourne. The center court is too big though i don't know if it's really possible.

[DAF86]

Mainly the 300 pd fat asses, that watch Football every sunday.. :lol

I've played Tennis and have watched it faithfully for years. But it is a terribly under-appreciated sport. Golf gets more pub than Tennis, hell Tiger Woods farts and ESPN shows up..

I don't know if this works as a consolation for you, but I think that's mainly a US thing. In the rest of the world Tennis is equal or more important than golf. Here in South America Tennis gets 100 times more press than golf and in the UK Tennis is huge (see Murray's ridiculous hype).

[sonic21]

in france:

1-football
2-rugby
3-tennis




15-golf

[DAF86]

in france:

1-football
2-rugby
3-tennis




15 golf

See, that's what I'm talking about, I think that only in the US golf is more important than Tennis. When Cabrera won the Masters, the headlines of all sports papers and magazines here in Argentina was a victory of Del Potro over Nadal in the quarters of a Masters series. That's how much bigger than golf tennis is down here.

[quentin_compson]

Here in Germany, tennis used to be quite popular too. But that was when we had Becker and Stich, not to forget Steffi Graf, maybe the best female tennis player ever.
Right now, there are only scrubs like Haas or Kohlschreiber.

So, play has been suspended for today. I guess that means they have to reschedule both Men's-SFs for sunday?

[quentin_compson]

The Men's semifinals will be on Sunday, and the final is rescheduled for Monday: http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/weather.html

[ace3g]

currently more rain delays, so CBS is showing the 2005 US Open Final between Federer and Agassi

[dbreiden83080]

currently more rain delays, so CBS is showing the 2005 US Open Final between Federer and Agassi

Rewatched it, amazing match..

[DAF86]

Did somebody watch Serena-Clijsters? that was ... strange.

[TDMVPDPOY]

in france:

1-football
2-rugby
3-tennis




15-golf

australia
1.swimming
2.rugby union/league
3.aussie rules
4.cricket
5.soccer
6.tennis
Golf b4 basketball down here

hence when the national team plays > everything else...mainly rugby/soccer and then everything else...instead of buying different jerseys for different sports, just buy a yellow shirt and you fit right in everytime the national side plays...

[sonic21]

clijsters :tu

too bad for the ending, but she deserved to win anyway.

[ace3g]

Del Potro got the first break of the 1st set and just got another game on Nadal; up 4-1 in the 1st set

[Cry Havoc]

Del Potro got the first break of the 1st set and just got another game on Nadal; up 4-1 in the 1st set

:wow

Nadal is not 100%, is he?

[flipcritic]

His knees are still sore. And in his match against Fernandez he was grimacing with abdominal pains. You can see it when he serves as he doesn't bend his knees too much and just settles for serves that get in instead of going for possible aces.

[Cry Havoc]

His knees are still sore. And in his match against Fernandez he was grimacing with abdominal pains. You can see it when he serves as he doesn't bend his knees too much and just settles for serves that get in instead of going for possible aces.

Amazing how well he played in his last match, all things considered. I think he could beat me with one leg and one arm. Crazy.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Amazing how well he played in his last match, all things considered. I think he could beat me with one leg and one arm. Crazy.

to be fair Del Potro is playing quite well as of late. If should surprise you that Nadal would have to be playing his best tennis in order to beat him.

[Cry Havoc]

to be fair Del Potro is playing quite well as of late. If should surprise you that Nadal would have to be playing his best tennis in order to beat him.

Well I didn't expect Nadal to win today, I'm just surprised he won his last match so convincingly.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Well I didn't expect Nadal to win today, I'm just surprised he won his last match so convincingly.

He's definitely not well. That's for sure. A healthy Nadal wouldn't be losing 6-2 6-2 4-1

[DAF86]

Del Potro just gave Nadal his biggest loss in a grand slam tournament: 6-2 / 6-2 / 6-2, total beatdown. I called it.

[ploto]

Federer in straight sets, as well. Great shot.
37qyvTRVus8

[dbreiden83080]

Federer in staight sets, as well. Great shot.
37qyvTRVus8

Best Shot ever by the best player ever

Fed will have a tough one tomorow though..

[DAF86]

Best Shot ever by the best player ever

Fed will have a tough one tomorow though..

I don't know about that, unlike Nadal, Federer has the game style to beat these tall heavy hitters, I think the Swiss will win in three straight fairly easy sets.

[dbreiden83080]

I don't know about that, unlike Nadal, Federer has the game style to beat these tall heavy hitters, I think the Swiss will win in three straight fairly easy sets.

Hope so, we'll see, back to back match anything can happen

[flipcritic]

Well done Clijsters!

Her kid's adorable (sorry! That's the daddy in me speaking) :)

[quentin_compson]

Great game by del Potro, even if Nadal wasn't at 100 %. If the Argentine plays that great against Federer, it should be a very interesting match.

As for Federer, he once again was there when it counted most and made the important points against Djokovic.

[DAF86]

Ha ha, Manu is a Del Potro fan: "Great Del Potro vs Nadal. 6-2/6-2. One more and to the USOpen final!" from Twitter.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Let's go Potro!!!

[Pistons < Spurs]

Awesome victory for DelPo. I really like him. He's made steady improvement in his game for quite a while now. Hopefully he's able to continue that and be a challenger for the top spot for several years.

[word]

fackin' argentinians...hehe

good match

[Cherry]

Delpoooooooooo!!!!:)

[David Bowie]

I'm a Fed fan, he introduced me to tennis. But a great match by Delpo. I wasn't too sad that he won.

[bonnington]

Cool Game,

Delpo is groso

[ploto]

Roger looked like he finally ran out of gas after the year he has had while DelPo gained strength as the match went on.

I want to know why this 6'6" Argentine does not play basketball! :)

[urunobili]

Roger lost his composure at the middle of the match yelling at the umpire....

[sonic21]

Great game by Del Potro, his forehand is amazing!!

[smeagol]

Juan Martin!

[quentin_compson]

Wow, this was a great game overall and an incredibly strong and mentally mature performance by del Potro.
Roger should have won the second set, but the longer the match went on, the better del Potro became. As happy as I would have been for Federer, it was just great to watch the Argentine win this one as well.

[lefty]

What's with the CBS douchebag ?

Del Potro wanted to say something in Spanish, and the CBS guy was like: " I'm afraid we're gonna run out of time " :flipoff


But Potro ended up doing his speech in Spanish anyway

[DAF86]

What's with the CBS douchebag ?

Del Potro wanted to say something in Spanish, and the CBS guy was like: " I'm afraid we're gonna run out of time " :flipoff


But Potro ended up doing his speech in Spanish anyway

Yeah, that Dick Enberg has the name he deserves.

[lefty]

Yeah, that Dick Enberg has the name he deserves.

His name is Dick? :lmao

[hater]

"from the baby horse" won!!!

[MaNuMaNiAc]

"from the baby horse" won!!!

:lol

what's that? his native american name?

[JamStone]

I think it's cool that some of the sports invincibles have shown a little chink in their armor. First Tiger in the PGA championship choking away a 54 hole lead and now Federer allowing himself to get frustrated in a Grand Slam final. It brings them down to earth a little bit. And it shows that even the greats aren't perfect.